‘Nothing is bigger or more important than Cork hurling’

By his own admission Kieran Kingston finds the role of spectator a tricky one.

Having prowled the sideline as Cork senior hurling manager for the last two years, he’s now another punter in the stands.

“I find that very difficult because you’re looking down and thinking you might do this and that. You see the game better in the stand, but you’ve to work on not becoming one of those lads who knows it all as well.” It’s only now, he says, that he realises the sheer amount of time that management consumes.